October 14, 2021
“Quits hit a new series high going back to December 2000, as 4.3 million workers left their jobs. The quits rate rose to 2.9%, an increase of 242,000 from the previous month, which saw a rate of 2.7%, according to… Continue Reading…
September 16, 2021
“Retail sales posted a surprise gain in August despite fears that escalating Covid cases and supply chain issues would hold back consumers, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. Sales increased 0.7% for the month against the Dow Jones estimate of a… Continue Reading…
May 19, 2021
“Under Armour announced Wednesday it is raising wages for hourly retail workers to $15 in the United States and Canada, impacting more than 8,000 jobs. The increases, which could be as much as 50% for some workers, will be effective June… Continue Reading…
April 6, 2021
“A new report from UBS’s retail analysts suggests that 80,000 stores will close in the U.S. over the next few years. “We estimate that 80,000 stores will close by 2026 in our base case,” the report found. The worst-case scenario… Continue Reading…
January 28, 2021
“Dogecoin, a digital coin started as a joke, soared as much as 77% since 11:04 a.m. Hong Kong time, according to data from cryptocurrency tracker CoinGecko. Over the past 24 hours, it’s up 42% to $0.01129497… Users on the Reddit… Continue Reading…
January 27, 2021
“Gamestop shares are set to rally 70% this morning when trading starts, and AMC shares opened up 300%, extending a run that has perplexed market observers, irked hedge funds, and generally made crypto’s recent gains appear soft and weak… It… Continue Reading…
October 16, 2020
“Consumers spent at a much faster pace than expected in September, with retail sales rising 1.9% in a sign that the U.S. economy’s biggest driver remains healthy. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expected sales to increase 0.7%, up from a… Continue Reading…
September 10, 2020
“Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. is offering to sell a roughly $20 billion stake in its retail business to Amazon.com Inc., according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Amazon has held discussions about investing in the… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2020
“Consumers spent less than expected in July as a pullback in auto sales helped cool an economy struggling to shake off the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Retail sales rose 1.2% for the month, against the expected increase of 2.3%… Continue Reading…
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